Scope
Description
Our Adult Skills Fund (ASF) priorities
Widen Access and Participation: ASF as a gateway to learning and progression
Embed Basic and Transferable Skills: ASF providing foundations to higher skills and employment
Unlock Progression Pathways and Underutilised Talent: ASF providing routes to higher skills and better paid jobs
Develop Flexible Provision: to meet the needs of learners and businesses
Build Capacity and Capability: to enable an integrated, flexible and responsive provider base
Enable Effective Collaboration: partnership working between providers
Our strategy supports the Combined Authority's vision of enabling healthy and thriving communities in York and North Yorkshire.
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027
- 1 year
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 80510000 - Specialist training services
Contract locations
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
Engagement
Engagement deadline
16 February 2026
Engagement process description
The purpose of the Adult Skills Fund is to support adult learners to gain skills which will lead them to meaningful, sustained, and relevant employment, or enable them to progress to further learning.
Procurement information available
Materials to help organisations prepare for Adult Skills Fund procurement in 2026-27 are now available.
Our Adult Skills Fund team has recorded a short webinar and provided slides and a Frequently Asked Questions document.
Please see all required information and access to the recorded webinar in the link below:
Participation
Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
23 February 2026
Contracting authority
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMGQ-6583-JYGR
County Hall, Racecourse Lane
Northallerton
DL7 8AD
United Kingdom
Email: joel.green@york.gov.uk
Region: UKE22 - North Yorkshire CC
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government